๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-82976

HIGH 7.1

Image-customization-controller: unauthenticated plaintext image server with directory listing exposes ignition images containing cluster pull secret

CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in the image-customization-controller used in OpenShift's bare metal provisioning stack. The controller registers an HTTP file server on port 8084 with no authentication. The custom imageFileSystem implementation exposes a browsable HTML directory listing of all registered images at the root path. The only access control on per-host images is the random UUID filename; the directory listing discloses those UUIDs to any caller on the provisioning network. Each served image embeds an Ignition config containing the base64-encoded cluster pull secret, optional IRONIC_RAMDISK_SSH_KEY, proxy settings, and per-host NetworkManager keyfiles. An adjacent network attacker can enumerate all image UUIDs via directory listing, download any image, extract the embedded Ignition config, and recover the cluster pull secret and SSH key. ### Evidence **pkg/imagehandler/imagefilesystem.go โ€” root directory is browsable and enumerates all UUID image names** ```go func (f *imageFileSystem) Readdir(n int) ([]fs.FileInfo, error) { f.mu.Lock() defer f.mu.Unlock() result := []fs.FileInfo{} for _, im := range f.images { result = append(result, im) } return result, nil } func (f *imageFileSystem) Open(name string) (http.File, error) { f.log.Info("Open", "path", name) if name == "/" { return f, nil } ... ``` **cmd/controller/main.go โ€” file server bound on all interfaces without auth or TLS** ```go http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(imageServer.FileSystem())) go func() { server := &http.Server{ Addr: imagesBindAddr, // default ":8084" ReadHeaderTimeout: 5 * time.Second, } err := server.ListenAndServe() ``` **pkg/ignition/service_config.go:94-100 โ€” pull secret is embedded in every served image** ```go func (b *ignitionBuilder) authFile() ignition_config_types_32.File { source := "data:;base64," + strings.TrimSpace(b.ironicAgentPullSecret) return ignition_config_types_32.File{ Node: ignition_config_types_32.Node{Path: "/etc/authfile.json"}, ... ``` ### Attack Pattern Adjacent provisioning-network client โ†’ GET / lists UUID image names โ†’ download ISO/initramfs โ†’ extract embedded Ignition โ†’ recover cluster pull secret and SSH key.

CWE CWE-548
Vendor red hat
Product red hat openshift container platform 4
Published Nov 3, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-82976 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2526334 github.com: https://github.com/openshift/image-customization-controller redhat.atlassian.net: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/OCPBUGS-105396